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Webster
wrote: "Supermarkets are selling meat with misleading labels that falsely
suggest that the animals were reared outdoors when they actually spent their
lives inside giant sheds on factory farms."

He went on
to describe how packaging for products such as meat, dairy, and eggs shows
animals living in idyllic, pastoral conditions when the reality is quite the
opposite.

The vast
majority of animals raised for consumption spend most of their lives indoors -
with many never going outside at all.

Misleading labels

Webster
recommends, among other things, that shoppers look for products with the labels 'Free Range' and 'RSPCA assured' - however, even these can be deceiving.

The
Daily Mail published an expose in 2016, which featured photos and video of a
farm which was both free range and RSPCA-certified, revealing that the animals
were kept in 'shocking' conditions.

The photos
and video pictured 16,000 hens kept in 'narrow shed housing', ill, balding, and surrounded by their own feces.

Emily Court is a passionate ethical vegan from Eastern Canada. She is a Challenge 22 Mentor, Digital Writer, and experienced animal advocate driven by issues of animal liberation and social justice. She studied at Dalhousie University, where her thesis highlighted intercultural and gender relations. She is an established public speaker, writer, and world traveller with a drive to provide a voice to those who might not otherwise have one. You can follow her on Instagram @emily.j.court or on Twitter @_EmilyJCourt_.

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